i guess i am a pretty big fan of stephen chow. i think i have seen every one of his movies and before he became a big movie star he was on a couple of TVB television series and i have watched those also. the man is a outright comic genius, in fact one of the best in the world.
personally for me, all his movies are watchable and they are never too long( 11/2 hours usually ). this particular movie is a little better than his usual efforts...but like i said, they are all funny.
the usual suspects are all here in this movie beside's stephen chow. if you've watched enough hk cinema you'll know what i'm talking about. also in here for a couple of quick cameos is johnny to regular lam suet, he was ridiculously funny. there is also famous television personalities and also the beautiful karen mok in one of her first movies.
i've noticed this and that is in everyone of his movies that came out he always has the "hot' or "it" girl at the moment. in this movie it is karen mok.
one of the things i liked about the movie besides the endless jokes and gags is that it deals with Chinese cooking and i loved how they showed this in the movie. some of it is real(like using overnight rice to make fry rice)and most of it is not, but a lot is steeped in Chinese cooking legend. the beef balls are actually made that way with the two batons, and the garbage noodles are available in just about every food-stall to this day.
the 18 bronze-men of shaolin gag was used twice and both times sidesplitting funny. the ping-pong scene with the beef balls gag is so famous everybody knows of it in hk and china.
if you're looking to laugh yourself silly i recommend that you try out this movie. cooking, kung-fu and stephen chow...man, you can't beat that combination.
personally for me, all his movies are watchable and they are never too long( 11/2 hours usually ). this particular movie is a little better than his usual efforts...but like i said, they are all funny.
the usual suspects are all here in this movie beside's stephen chow. if you've watched enough hk cinema you'll know what i'm talking about. also in here for a couple of quick cameos is johnny to regular lam suet, he was ridiculously funny. there is also famous television personalities and also the beautiful karen mok in one of her first movies.
i've noticed this and that is in everyone of his movies that came out he always has the "hot' or "it" girl at the moment. in this movie it is karen mok.
one of the things i liked about the movie besides the endless jokes and gags is that it deals with Chinese cooking and i loved how they showed this in the movie. some of it is real(like using overnight rice to make fry rice)and most of it is not, but a lot is steeped in Chinese cooking legend. the beef balls are actually made that way with the two batons, and the garbage noodles are available in just about every food-stall to this day.
the 18 bronze-men of shaolin gag was used twice and both times sidesplitting funny. the ping-pong scene with the beef balls gag is so famous everybody knows of it in hk and china.
if you're looking to laugh yourself silly i recommend that you try out this movie. cooking, kung-fu and stephen chow...man, you can't beat that combination.